certSIGN: Non-BR-Compliant Certificate Issuance

RESOLVED FIXED certSIGN

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AI Summary

This case involves certSIGN's non-compliance with the CA/Browser Forum's Baseline Requirements (BR) regarding certificate issuance. The CA was alerted to several issues, including misissued certificates and failure to respond to problem reports within the required timeframe. certSIGN acknowledged the problems and confirmed that they ceased issuing non-compliant certificates. They provided a detailed remediation plan, including the implementation of technical controls to ensure compliance and the establishment of a dedicated email for problem reporting. The case has been resolved with certSIGN successfully addressing the identified issues.

Model: gpt-4o-mini Generated: 2026-06-13 17:03 UTC Revised: 2026-06-16 18:21 UTC Confidence: 0.90 21 comments

Chronology

2017-08-16 Initial report of non-compliance issues received by certSIGN.
2017-09-30 certSIGN implemented all planned remediations and updated their procedures.

Thread Activity

2017-08-16 Mozilla representative — Reported compliance issues with certSIGN's certificate issuance.
2017-08-18 certSIGN — Confirmed awareness of the issues and began remediation process.
2017-09-30 certSIGN — Reported completion of all planned remediations.
2017-10-13 Community commenter — Confirmed that all planned remediations were implemented and closed the case.

Participants

Mozilla representative certSIGN Community commenter

External References

Original Bugzilla Case

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